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Scientific Name | Ferraria schaeferi Dinter |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Although this species has a restricted range in South Africa, it also extends northwards into Namibia. A small proportion of the population is threatened by habitat loss to mining, but this species is unlikely to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Lüderitz to Grootmis, and extending inland along the Orange River to the Richtersveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld, Western Gariep Lowland Desert, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Namaqualand Coastal Duneveld, Western Gariep Plains Desert, Alexander Bay Coastal Duneveld |
Description | Deep sands along the coast, but also occurring further inland to rocky places near streams. |
Population |
Known from only a few collections, however, this species occurs in a very remote area and some subpopulations are likely to be overlooked.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ferraria schaeferi Dinter | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ferraria schaeferi Dinter | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2011. Systematics and biology of the African genus Ferraria (Iridaceae: Irideae). Bothalia 41(1):1-40.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2018. Ferraria schaeferi Dinter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/21 |
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